International regimes as a pathway for implementing SDG interactions across climate change and biodiversity conservation
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- 1. Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia and Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
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Abstract: Policy integration across the domains of social, economic and environment has attracted interest as a policy response to sustainable development. However, progress on the integration agenda has been limited. The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aimed to break this stalemate by addressing the goals in an “integrated and indivisible manner”. This article undertook an empirical assessment to understand if, how and to what extent the SDGs influence domestic policy integration. It studies the interactions across biodiversity and climate, where previous studies highlighted that despite synergies across the issue area, institutional interlinkages and policy responses are fragmented. A causal mechanisms framework that identified six possible pathways to influence domestic policy integration was utilised. In investigating the establishment of the carbon market in Malaysia as a form of policy integration, the study found that international regimes, namely the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and influence of market forces were the key pathways of influence. These were largely explained by interest-based motivations. In this sense, the SDGs are likely to be used tactically to achieve interests of certain parties for issue linkages.
Keywords: SDGs; policy integration; sustainable development; biodiversity; climate change.
Title: International regimes as a pathway for implementing SDG interactions across climate change and biodiversity conservation
Author: Alizan Mahadi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 220-234
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Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 01-August-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6948433
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